Isabel Jewell

Isabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 – April 5, 1972) was an American actress, who rose to prominence in the 1930s and early 1940s. Some of her more famous films were Ceiling Zero, Marked Woman, A Tale of Two Cities, and Gone with the Wind.

Early life

Born in Shoshoni, Wyoming<ref name="ahf"/> on July 19, 1907,<ref name="ahf"/> Jewell was the daughter of Emory Lee Jewell and Livia A. Willoughby Jewell.<ref name=ahf/> Her father was "a prominent...doctor and medical researcher."<ref name="rdf">Template:Cite news</ref> She was educated at St. Mary's Academy in Minnesota and at Hamilton College in Kentucky.<ref name=ahf/>

Career

Template:Moresources After years in theatre stock companies, including an 87-week stint in Lincoln, Nebraska, she got a part on Broadway in Up Pops the Devil (1930).<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> She received glowing critical reviews for Blessed Event (1932) as well.<ref name="Twomey1969">Template:Cite book</ref>

Jewell's film debut came in Blessed Event (1932).<ref name=ahf/> She had been brought to Hollywood by Warner Brothers for the film version of Up Pops the Devil. Jewell gained other supporting roles, appearing in a variety of films in the early 1930s. She played stereotypical gangsters' women in such films as Manhattan Melodrama (1934) and Marked Woman (1937). She was well-received playing against type as the seamstress sentenced to death on the guillotine with Sydney Carton (Ronald Colman in A Tale of Two Cities (1935). Her most significant role was Sally Bates in She Had to Choose. Jewell's films included Gone with the Wind (1939) (in the role of "that white trash, Emmy Slattery"), Northwest Passage (1940), High Sierra (1941), and the low-budget The Leopard Man (1943).

By the end of the 1940s, her roles had reduced in significance to the degree that her performances often were uncredited, e.g. The Snake Pit. She performed in radio dramas in the 1950s, including This Is Your FBI.

In February 1965, she played Madame Ahr, a member of a bank-robbing circus troupe, in an episode of Gunsmoke entitled "Circus Trick."

In 1972, Jewell appeared opposite Edie Sedgwick in the film Ciao! Manhattan. Her final film was the B movie Sweet Kill (1973), the directorial debut of Curtis Hanson.

Personal life

Jewell was a Democrat who supported Adlai Stevenson's campaign during the 1952 presidential election.<ref>Motion Picture and Television Magazine, November 1952, page 33, Ideal Publishers</ref> She was also a practicing Episcopalian.<ref>Morning News, January 10, 1948, Who Was Who in America (Vol. 2)</ref>

Jewell's first marriage (which "was not generally known during Jewell's lifetime...[nor] mentioned in the press during her heyday in American films") occurred when she wed Lovell "Cowboy" Underwood when she was 19.<ref name=ahf/> In the mid to late 1930s, Jewell was seen at nightclubs with actor William Hopper.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1936, she was engaged to actor Owen Crump,<ref name=":2">Template:Cite book</ref> marrying in 1939 and divorcing in 1941.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Unreliable source? In 1941, Jewell married actor Paul Marion, who was then a private in the United States Army. They separated in 1943,<ref name="ahf">Template:Cite book</ref> and were divorced on May 12, 1944.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Death and legacy

Jewell died in Los Angeles, California on April 5, 1972, aged 64, from suicide after taking an overdose of barbiturates.<ref name="ahf"/><ref name="auto1">Template:Cite book</ref> Her ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.<ref name="auto1"/>

In 1960, Jewell was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to motion pictures. The star is located at 1560 Vine Street.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Complete filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1931	The Week End Mystery	Miss Keith	Short
1932	Blessed Event	Dorothy Lane	Uncredited
1933	The Crime of the Century	Bridge Player	Uncredited
1933	Bondage	Beulah
1933	Beauty for Sale	Hortense	Credited as Isobel Jewell
1933	Bombshell	Lily, Junior's Girl Friend	Credited as Isobel Jewell
1933	Day of Reckoning	Kate Lovett
1933	Design for Living	Plunkett's Stenographer
1933	Advice to the Lovelorn	Rose
1933	The Women in His Life	Catherine 'Cathy' Watson
1933	Counsellor at Law	Bessie Green
1934	Men in White		Scenes cut
1934	Let's Be Ritzy	Betty
1934	Manhattan Melodrama	Annabelle
1934	Here Comes the Groom	Angy
1934	She Had to Choose	Sally Bates
1934	Evelyn Prentice	Judith Wilson
1935	Shadow of Doubt	Inez 'Johnny' Johnson - singer
1935	I've Been Around	Sally Van Loan
1935	Times Square Lady	'Babe' Sweeney
1935	The Casino Murder Case	Amelia Llewellyn
1935	Mad Love	Marianne	Scenes cut
1935	A Tale of Two Cities	Seamstress
1936	Ceiling Zero	Lou Clarke
1936	Dancing Feet	Mabel Henry
1936	The Leathernecks Have Landed	Brooklyn
1936	Big Brown Eyes	Bessie Blair
1936	Small Town Girl	Emily 'Em' Brannan
1936	36 Hours to Kill	Jeanie Benson
1936	Template:Sortname	Peggy Russell
1936	Valiant Is the Word for Carrie	Lilli Eipper
1936	Go West, Young Man	Gladys
1936	Career Woman	Gracie Clay
1937	Lost Horizon	Gloria Stone
1937	Marked Woman	Emmy Lou Eagan
1937	Love on Toast	Belle Huntley
1938	Swing It, Sailor!	Myrtle Montrose
1938	The Crowd Roars	Mrs. Martin
1939	They Asked for It	Molly Herkimer
1939	Missing Daughters	Peggy
1939	Gone with the Wind	Emmy Slattery
1940	'Oh Johnny, How You Can Love	Gertie
1940	'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)	Jennie Coit
1940	Irene	Jane McGee
1940	Babies for Sale	Edith Drake
1940	Scatterbrain	Esther Harrington
1940	Marked Men	Linda Harkness
1940	Little Men	Stella
1941	High Sierra	Blonde
1941	For Beauty's Sake	Amy Devore
1943	Template:Sortname	Maria
1943	Template:Sortname	Frances Fallon
1943	Danger! Women at Work	Marie
1943	Template:Sortname	Mary Phoebus
1944	Template:Sortname	Rose Monahan
1945	Steppin' in Society	Jenny the Juke
1945	Sensation Hunters	Mae
1946	Badman's Territory	Belle Starr
1947	Born to Kill	Laury Palmer
1947	Template:Sortname	Hysterical mother
1948	Michael O'Halloran	Mrs. Laura Nelson
1948	The Snake Pit	Ward 33 Inmate	Uncredited
1948	Unfaithfully Yours	First Telephone Operator	Uncredited
1948	Belle Starr's Daughter	Belle Starr
1949	Template:Sortname	Mrs. Mack—Prison Laundry Matron	Uncredited
1953	Man in the Attic	Katy
1954	Drum Beat	Lily White
1957	Bernardine	Mrs. McDuff
1972	Sweet Kill	Mrs. Cole
1972	Ciao! Manhattan	Mummy

Partial television credits

Year	Series	Role	Episode
1952	The Adventures of Kit Carson	Mary Barker	"The Trap"
1952	The Unexpected	Sister	"One for the Money"
1952	Mr. & Mrs. North	Anne Noble	"The Nobles"
1952	Fireside Theatre		"The Boxer and the Stranger"
1953	Fireside Theatre		"The Twelfth Juror"
1955	Treasury Men in Action		"The Case of the Lady in Hiding"
1956	Dr. Christian	Mae	"Insurance Policy"
1957	Climax!	Actress	" Murder Has a Deadline"
1961	Template:Sortname	Miss Port	"The Defective Tank Adventure"
1961	Lock Up		"Planter's Death"
1962	The Untouchables	Sophie	"The Night They Shot Santa Claus"
1964	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Mrs. Lyons	"The Gun"
1965	Gunsmoke	Mme. Ahr	"Circus Trick"

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